"War to the Knife;" or, Tangata MaoriBoldrewood, Rolf
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"War to the Knife;" or, Tangata Maori
Boldrewood, Rolf
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Fiction; New Zealand -- Fiction
_GUARDIAN._--"Decidedly clever and original.... Its excellent local
colouring, and its story, as a whole interesting and often dramatic,
make it a book more worth reading and enjoyable than is at all
common."
_SPEAKER._--"A stirring tale of love and adventure.... There is
enough of exciting incident, of fighting, intrigue, and love-making
in _Bismillah_ to satisfy the most exacting reader."
_MANCHESTER GUARDIAN._--"An interesting and pleasing tale."
_SCOTSMAN._--"Mr. Dawson sustains the interest of his readers to the
end. The characters are well defined, the situations are frequently
dramatic, the descriptive passages are clear and animated, and a rich
vein of genuine human nature runs through the narrative."
_DUNDEE ADVERTISER._--"Mr. Dawson has caught the spirit of the
country, and his romance has the Moorish glamour about it delicious
as a memory of Tangiers in sunset."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
HER MEMORY
By MAARTEN MAARTENS
AUTHOR OF "MY LADY NOBODY," ETC.
_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"Full of the quiet grace and literary excellence
which we have now learnt to associate with the author."
_DAILY NEWS._--"An interesting and characteristic example of this
writer's manner. It possesses his sobriety of tone and treatment, his
limpidity and minuteness of touch, his keenness of observation....
The book abounds in clever character sketches.... It is very good."
_ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE._--There is something peculiarly fascinating in
Mr. Maarten Maartens's new story. It is one of those exquisitely told
tales, not unhappy, nor tragic, yet not exactly 'happy,' but full of
the pain--as a philosopher has put it--that one prefers, which are
read, when the reader is in the right mood, with, at least, a subdued
sense of tears, tears of pleasure."
_ATHENÆUM._--"Maarten Maartens has never written a brighter social
story, and it has higher qualities than brightness."
_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--" It is a most delicate bit of workmanship, and
the sentiment of it is as exquisite as it is true. All the characters
are drawn with rare skill: there is not one that is not an admirable
portrait.'
_LITERATURE._--"A powerful and sometimes painful study, softened
by many touches of pathos and flashes of humour--occasionally of
sheer fun. On the whole, it will stand comparison with any of its
predecessors for dramatic effect and strength of style."
_TRUTH._--"Mr. Maarten Maartens' latest and, perhaps, finest novel."
_SCOTSMAN._--"The book is one of singular power and interest,
original and unique."
_LEEDS MERCURY._--"_Her Memory_ is a book which only a man of genius
could write, and as a study of character it is fascinating.... The
prevailing impression left by _Her Memory_ is that of beauty and
strength. Unlike the majority of contemporary novels, the story
before us is one which arrests thought, as well as touches some of
the deepest problems of life."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
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